Agriculture 2018

'Impact investment' key to resolving farmers' woes, may incentivise entrepreneurs' participation in agriculture

Impact investment in big and small enterprises will not only rescue agriculture but redefine it and ready it for the times ahead.

Farmers body calls Union Budget 2018 anti-farmer, pro-corporate; alleges govt manipulated input cost figures

Farmers leaders said BJP had forgot its poll promise of 1.5 times return of input cost since it had come to power in 2014.

Budgets are good case studies to explain how political business cycle operates with public support

Incentive to corporate sector, selling of public utilities and privatisation in Union Budget 2018 is justified for public needs i.e. capital for development.

Budget 2018: Arun Jaitley's fifth full budget is not just farmer-friendly but is for Digital India too

Arun Jaitley has doubled allocation on Digital India programme to Rs 3,073 crore in 2018-19 in his Budget speech

Budget 2018: By hiking minimum support price, Modi govt makes good 2014 promise, but all is not as it seems

By taking a lower cost as the baseline for computing minimum support price, the government is resorting to sleight of hand, moreover one that most farmers are unlikely to miss.

Budget 2018: Predictable but not irresponsible, deserves a guarded welcome

The fiscal slippage from 3.2 percent to 3.5 percent is a significant one and worse, it continues the next year

Budget 2018: Personal income tax unchanged; other key highlights of Arun Jaitley's fifth budget

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday did not provide any relief in the income tax rates for 2018-19.

Arun Jaitley has tough task to choose between populism and fiscal prudence in Union Budget 2018

In Union Budget, small businesses may get some sops to ease pain caused to them due to chaotic rollout of GST and demonetisation

In his first budget address, President Ram Nath Kovind reiterates govt's pledge to double farmers' income by 2020

President Kovind in his budget address says it is result of hard work of farmers that there has been a record production of more than 275 mn tonnes food grains

Budget 2018: Narendra Modi govt will try to woo back rural voters, small businesses ahead of crucial polls

Budget proposals are a closely guarded secret, but a finance ministry official with direct knowledge of the discussions said: “The government’s top priority is to create jobs and boost growth.”